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App suddenly won't open after latest Mojave security update

So I updated to the latest security update in Mojave, and had an application, DocFetcher, suddenly stop working.


Double-clicking on it simply makes the Dock shake for a second. Reinstalling did nothing.


According to [this thread on the DocFetcher forums](https://sourceforge.net/p/docfetcher/discussion/702424/thread/ee550dd7e4/?page=0), this issue -- which affects only some people -- might have something to do with it being from unidentified developers and the Internet. I know Catalina has new restrictions on that, but perhaps this security update also affects them? I'm not sure.


In Security & Privacy preferences, it says "Allow apps downloaded from app store and identified developers"... I've tried control-clicking on the app and opening, etc. -- no dice.


It all seemed to work fine before this update.


Any advice? Thanks.

MacBook Pro 17″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jul 24, 2020 7:25 AM

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Posted on Jul 26, 2020 9:56 AM

It's not the Catalina update; I downgraded Java from 261 to 251 and DocFetcher worked again ;-)


P.S.: you may post this in sourgeforge since I have no account there...

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